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Sistine Chapel may limit visitors to prevent further fresco damage
As the Sistine Chapel celebrates its 500th anniversary, the Vatican has said it may have to limit the huge numbers of visitors because pollution is damaging Michelangelo’s frescoes. The scenes, including the moment in which God gives life to Adam with the touch of his finger, are being damaged by…
Vatican in controversy over ‘drunken tourist herds’ destroying Sistine Chapel’s majesty
Author Pietro Citati calls for limit on crowd numbers to preserve Michelangelo’s art A fierce row has broken out over the future of the Sistine Chapel, after one of Italy’s most respected writers slammed it as an “unimaginable disaster” where tourists resemble “drunken herds”. Centred on the image of God…
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